Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Finely bound books, Maps, Posters, and Ephemera, 61426, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 14, 2026 - June 14, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | Owen William Fitzwilliam | Africa. Sheet V From Cape Correntes to Juba Islands |
London | 1828 | AUD 300.00 - 450.00 | AUD 2,032.00 |
| 104 | Owen William Fitzwilliam | Juba and Dundas Islands on the East Coast of Africa |
London | 1828 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 105 | Owen William Fitzwilliam | Mozambique to Pomba Bay; Masangzani Bay to Premeira Islands; Chala Point to Kwyhoo Bay |
London | 1847 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 106 | Riudavets; Tudury; Perez | Mar Mediterraneo - Costa Meridional de Espana Hoja II |
Madrid | 1876 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | Russian Lapland Kola Inlet |
1946 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 108 | Combe JWF; Garbett LG; Rupert-Jones JA; Shankland FC | St. John's Harbour |
1914; 1937 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 109 | Anchorage in Alaska |
1933; 1938 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 110 | Shortland | Bay of Fundy East Coast Brier Island to Gulliver Hole |
1927 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 111 | Black Sea: southern Approach to Kherson Bay |
1939 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 112 | Celeres-West Coast. Cape William to Tandyung Karang |
1937 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 113 | River Pyechora from Klimov Island to Nar'yanmara |
1943 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 114 | Hiiu-Kardla Reid |
1921 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 115 | Graves; Beacon | Coast of Asia Minor Cape Eski Stambul to Kum Kale Besike Bay and Tenedos |
1947 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 116 | Kandalaksha Gulf, Kandalaksha Approaches |
1948 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 117 | Gulf of OB' Gulf of Yenesey |
1949 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 118 | France: West Coast La Loire St Nazaire to Nantes |
1953 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 119 | Harbours and Anchorages of the Bahamas |
1929 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 120 | N Books, including: Plans in Naikai and Kii Suido |
1949 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 121 | Vidal ATE | Carta esferica de las islas Madera, Porto-Santo y Desiertas |
Madrid | 1861; c. 1901 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | Leber Frank M | Ethnic Groups of Insular Southeast Asia |
New Haven | 1972 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 123 | Canberra's Suburb and Street Names: History - Origins and Meanings |
1992 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 124 | Doorly; Bowden Time; Gillham Mary; Coleman-Cooke John; Stephenson Richard W | N Books, including: In the Wake |
Melbourne; Sydney; Wellington; London | c. 1950; 1997; 1967; 1963; 1959 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 125 | Cumpston J S | Macquarie Island |
1968 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 126 | Giaever John; Hayes J Gordon | N Books, including: The White Desert |
London | 1954; 1934; 1928 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 127 | Broome; Dingle; Priestley | The Victorians |
1984 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 228.60 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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